Archive for September, 2010

Will I still be able to play and enjoy the game without buying items from the LOTRO Store, or is that my only option for gaining weapons, armor, potions, and other goodies such as premium loot?
The purchase of items in the LOTRO Store is entirely optional. While items in the Store are designed to immediately enhance your in-game experience, premium loot and rare gear are the rewards of adventure and are only obtainable through gameplay.

You cannot even ride a mount, if you don’t spent on the store.

Quote from http://lotro.mmorsel.com/2010/02/guide-to-lotro-mounts.html

Before you can own a permanent mount, you’ll need to get the Basic Riding Skill. Anyone can purchase the Basic Riding Skill from the LOTRO Store as soon as you finish the Introduction (get your map and the passive “Novice” trait).

There is not way to get that skill other than the LOTRO Store for a F2P player!

Ridding is not optional in most of MMORPG game play.
No, You can’t catch up or even quest with others, with 50% moving speed.

Some skill are trainable, e.g. learning English grammar, fluent speaking or presentation. Some people may take more effort than another, but eventually they can be at least adapt at those area.

However, there are things that cannot be trained, nor learnt. Which usually reside in the personality. For instance, I can never do some very precise job, both due to my brain structure of perception of the world and my way of thinking. However, on the other hand I always got crazy idea which can be used, and more than one way to finish a task.

On dealing this area of “weakness”, one can do nothing to improve them, I tend to believed that one should accept that, and try to be in situation that it’s not as essential or find ways to compensate it.

Some time, some people take more time to learn something than others,

Some time, something can never be learnt.
And for those skill, we call them talents ?

Code Monkey hang around at front desk
Tell you sweater look nice
Code Monkey offer buy you soda
Bring you cup, bring you ice
You say no thank you for the soda cause
Soda make you fat
Anyway you busy with the telephone
No time for chat
Code Monkey have long walk back to cubicle he sit down pretend to work
Code Monkey not thinking so straight
Code Monkey not feeling so great

Code Monkey like Fritos
Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew
Code Monkey very simple man
With big warm fuzzy secret heart:
Code Monkey like you
Code Monkey like you a lot

Code Monkey have every reason
To get out this place
Code Monkey just keep on working
See your soft pretty face
Much rather wake up, eat a coffee cake
Take bath, take nap
This job “fulfilling in creative way”
Such a load of crap
Code Monkey think someday he have everything even pretty girl like you
Code Monkey just waiting for now
Code Monkey say someday, somehow

Should have been started years before…
I started couples of project recently, e.g. renewal of Phase3Profit.net, some amendment and extra function to the existing base etc etc.
An even a game engine design….

I happens to be having trouble on focusing on the same work too long,
and need to have boost from others to proceed in a project.
Active positive partner is essential to success.
But the fact is, most people would like to join in a successful project but not a preparing one.

To achieve the critical mass is not easy, and people who are willing to take up the work are not much.
(And the gut to step forward)
Hope this project would not go into suspension again.